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2006 Brasil Open

The 2006 Brasil Open was an ATP Tour men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Costa do Sauípe resort, Mata de São João, Brazil that was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 20 February until 27 February 2006. Sixth-seeded Nicolás Massú won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2006 Brasil Open – Singles

CHI Nicolás Massú defeated ESP Alberto Martín 6–3, 6–4

It was Massú's only singles title of the year and the 6th and last of his career.

Doubles

Main article: 2006 Brasil Open – Doubles

CZE Lukáš Dlouhý / CZE Pavel Vízner defeated POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg / POL Marcin Matkowski 6–1, 4–6, [10–3]

It was Dlouhý's 1st doubles title of the year and of his career. It was Vízner's 1st doubles title of the year and the 10th of his career.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ARG	Gastón Gaudio	9	1
ESP	Juan Carlos Ferrero	16	2
ITA	Filippo Volandri	31	3
FRA	Florent Serra	37	4
ARG	Juan Ignacio Chela	44	5
CHI	Nicolás Massú	55	6
ESP	Alberto Martín	68	7
SCG	Boris Pašanski	58	8

1 Rankings as of 20 February 2006.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

BRA André Ghem
BRA Ricardo Mello
BRA André Sá

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

ESP Nicolás Almagro
ARG Juan Martín del Potro
ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver
FRA Olivier Patience

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

ESP Iván Navarro Pastor
ESP Albert Portas

The following player received entry due to a protected ranking:

BRA Gustavo Kuerten

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

ARG Agustín Calleri (replaced by Portas)
ARG Mariano Zabaleta (replaced by Navarro Pastor)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Seed
CZE	František Čermák	CZE	Leoš Friedl	1
ARG	Martín García	ARG	Sebastián Prieto	2
POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	POL	Marcin Matkowski	3
CZE	Lukáš Dlouhý	CZE	Pavel Vízner	4

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

BRA Gustavo Kuerten / BRA André Sá
BRA Ricardo Mello / BRA Flávio Saretta

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

ITA Francesco Aldi / ITA Alessio di Mauro
ESP Nicolás Almagro / ARG Sergio Roitman

References

"2006 Costa do Sauipe – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
"2006 Costa do Sauipe – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
(25 February 2006). "Chileno Massú conquista el título al derrotar al español Martín". [[La Nación (San José).
"Results Archive - Sao Paulo 2006 - Top Seeds".

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